TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 21/NR Florida State swimming and diving teams will compete at the Morcom Aquatics Center for the first time this season on Friday at 2 p.m. The Seminoles will host Florida Southern, West Florida and UNF in a quad meet on Friday before welcoming No. 7/15 Georgia at 12 p.m., on Saturday. Friday’s contest will follow the 16-event format, featuring the 100s and 200s of each stroke in addition to the 50, 500, 1000 free, and 200 IM. The meet will start with the 200 medley relay and end with the 200 free relay. Both 1-meter and 3-meter will run simultaneously to swimming. The individual events for Saturday are the same, however, the team will compete in the 400 free relay to close out the weekend. The Seminoles have hosted UNF, UWF, and Florida Southern in a quad contest annually since 2017 (except in 2020 due to COVID) however, this will be the first meeting between FSU and UGA since 1991. Live timing will be available on Meet Mobile for both meets. “We’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State men’s swimming and diving team swept the ACC Performers of the Week on Tuesday. Peter Varjasi was named the ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while Jesco Helling was given the ACC Men’s Diver of the Week. Both led the Seminoles to victory at the TYR Classic in Miami over the weekend. Varjasi set two meet records, winning the 100 and 200 free. The Erlangen, Germany, native lowered his own mark from 2021 (1:38.25) in the 200 free, touching at 1:37.45, winning by almost four seconds. He then eclipsed Blaise Vera’s (Pitt) mark in the 100 free (44.20), with a time of 44.04. He also turned in the top time in the 200 IM (1:49.92) and led the Noles to victories in the 200 and 400 free relays. “This summer, Peter stepped up and took his work ethic to another level,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “He has stayed there ever since. He truly deserves this award, and I am so happy for him.” Helling (Dresden, Germany) made it a perfect sweep of